Intermittently used power take-off



.March 18,- 1952 R. H. SHEPPARD INTERMITTENTLY USED POWER TAKE-OFF' l Filed June 12, 1950 NN Nw om @N RICHARD H. SHEPPARD,

Patented Mar. 1'8, 1952 UNIT E l).`v STAT E S F' F #11C E;

INTERMITTENTLY USED -.PoWintiTamr-ors Richard H; Sheppard, Hanover, Pa.

Appli-cadmium 12, 195o,- serialNo. 1616211 v (C1. 'r4-15.6)-

Thisinvention relates to Ipowerl take-ods and has for its Aprincipal object the provision of a simple'power take-oit 1unit'vvhich can be locked in -drivingvposition and can -beshifted'so as to be locked out of drivingvposition by av veryvsimple sliding movement, requiring merely the unscrewing'and replacing of a'single'bolt and theshifting in position of a'sleeve'carried by this bolt.

The figure shows' avertical section thru the axis ofthe shaft of the power unit.

The lpart I Il'isA a'flargeA tractor housing Acasting liavingat its top thev horizontal beam I I and havingatl its Vbottom thershell or basin I2'which serves as 'afreservoirfor'holding the oil which is delivered tothepower take-off mechanism here illustratedl as 'apumpand la valve body, the latter determining the path of the pumped oil. This valve is shown in detail'nmy co-pending application No. 167,622 flledJun'e 12, 1950.

The tractor casting IIJ has a large opening in its side which receivesk a horizontal bearing I5 having a vertical flange I6 and carrying at its outer side an oil ringy I l. The central portion of the'bearing llextends on both sides of the casting I0 and is held in place by'a series of bolts indicated bythe lin'e ISL One of vthe bolts of thisgroup is o'lparticular shape and'is numbered 20. This' member includes a cylindrical portion 2I centrally tapped as at 22 to receive the bolt 25. Integral with the cylindrical body 2| is a smaller threaded portion 23 which passes thru the flange IIB of the bearing I5 and is screwed in the wall of the casting I Il and therefore holds these parts together. The object of the cylindrical portion 2| is to serve as a stop to anchor the pump body 30 in a position so that the pinion 3| is in perfect mesh with the gear 32 mounted on shaft 33 which is constantly rotating when the tractor is in use, member 33 being a shaft in the usual Timken transmission. The main drive shaft 35 of the tractor is shown in cross-section to indicate the vertical center line of the tractor and to orient the parts.

The pump 30 has a recess 31 in which is mounted the oil circulating wheels 38 and 39. Wheel 38 is mounted on a long hollow shaft 40 carrying at its free end the pinion 3I keyed to the shaft as at 4I and abutting a ball thrust bearing 44 which on the other side is in rm contact with the extended boss 45 of the pump body, this boss having contact with the bearing I5 throughout the entire axial length of the bearing. The other pumpwheel 39 is mounted on a short stud 46 which has a pressed fit with the back wall v4'I of the pump body 30. The integral base 36 of the valve is at the same time the cover of the pump and this 2f memberis secured tothe pump bo'dyvbya plurality ofscrews one of which is25whileall of the others, about` twelve in al1,.v are ofi standard typev` with their vheads AIIB l. toward the: tractor casting. The head 50 of 'special screw 251s on the opposite side for convenience in use as itis removed Whenever the power take-off unit 'is shifted.-

In'the normal-use, as illustrated inthe gure; the pump and the valve body-havefbeen moved to the right as far as they Will go. The pumpzbody is -in' contact with vthe vcylindrical body orstop- 2|, the boss 45 ofthe body is snuglysupported in the bearing I5, and the pinion 3 I isin meshwithztractor-carried gear 32. Sincefthe latter is constantly turning, the -shaft: 40 is vconstantly'tu-rning. Oil passes thru the opening 5I vatthe'bottomvof the reservoir formedby 'the shell. I2 `and passes-thru a flexible pipe52i to a, point indicated bythedotted circle A, this being at the far side of--the-pump as seen-inthe figure.rv The gears 38 and 3-9 drive the oilztowardzthe observer.- and thentothe left,.as seen in the yrlgure,` andthe.` oil; passes thru the valvebody-in any one offa plurality'ofpathsf.the oil returning'thruthe-bore inthe valvebody indicatedl at- B and.- thence thruthe alined hollow shaft lll-:backinto th'efrescrvoir- I2. A

Asstated, thepower take-oir whichl includes the -valve vand thepump is sometimesnot needed forlongperiodsbf timev andit is-convenient-to avoid the Wear on these parts by shifting the pinion 3l out of mesh with the constantly turning gear 32. In the present invention this is accomplished in an extremely simple manner. Between the head 50 of the bolt 25 and the member 36, which is the base of the valve and the` cover of the pump. is located a sleeve 60. The axial length of the sleeve 6D is exactly equal to the desired movement of the valve and pump from inoperative position to a position where the power take-off is in use. When the power unit is to be rendered inoperative, all that is required is to remove the bolt 25 and with it the sleeve B0. The boss 45 of the pump has a quite extended bearing surface and supports the the entire unit without difficulty. With the bolt 25 removed from the cylindrical body 2l. the entire unit is shifted to the left in the ligure so that the pinion 3| now occupies the position indicated by the dotted lines 6I in which location the pinion 3I is entirely disconnected from the driving gear 32 and the entire power unit is therefore at rest. The sleeve is now placed in position indicated approximately by the `numeral 62,

' that is the sleeve will then touch the end of cylindrical body 2| at the right and will engage the pump body 30 at its other or outer end. The screw 25 is now replaced and its head 50 at this time will be in firm contact with the outer wall 63 of the unit, this being the far surface of the base 36 of the valve body.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a self-propelled vehicle including a frame having a bearing therein, a member carried by the frame and having therein a tapped recess praximate the bearing, and a driven gear; of a power take-off unit slidable in the bearing including a shaft, an operating pinion on said shaft movable with the shaft into and out of mesh with said driven gear, a housing for the unit having a cylindrical opening therethru which is spaced from and with its axis parallel to the axis of the shaft, a headed and threaded securing means passing loosely thru said opening and tting into the recess with its head spaced from the frame when the gears are in mesh for driving the unit, a sleeve loose on the securing means and fitting snugly between the housing and the head when the gears are in mesh and the securing means is screwed into the tapped recess to hold the power take-off in operative position, said sleeve being of a length equal to the axial movement of the pinion from operative to inoperative position, whereby the power take-oi unit can be shifted from operative or inoperative position and vice versa by the removal of but the one securing means and positioning the sleeve either on the frame side of the housing or on the far side of the housing.

2. The device of claim 1 in which the unit has an extended hollow boss snugly fitting the bearing, whereby the unit may be manually shifted axially in the bearing and the securing means is the sole means for preventing shifting of the unit in the bearing.

3. The device of claim 1 in which the member having the tapped recess is a stud having a threaded portion, the bearing and the main portion of the frame are separate members and the stud is one of a series of bolts securing the bearing to the frame, the opening in the frame when the bearing is removed being greater than the diameter of the pinion, whereby the bearing and the unit with its shaft and pinion may be withdrawn from the frame when the series of bolts is removed.

4. In combination a tractor side frame for reception of a power take-ofi unit comprising a casting having an opening therethru to-receive a power unit with its flanged bearing and pinion assembled, a stud having in one end a threaded portion to pass loosely thru the bearing flange and to have threaded engagement with the casting and on the other end having a tapped recess to receive a bolt holding the unit in place, additional means for securing the bearing flange to the casting, a headed screw passing thru the unit and into the recess, and a sleeve on the screw adapted to be placed between the head and the unit in power take-off operating position or between the stud and the unit in inoperative position.

5. The combination with a tractor having Aa frame, a gear for driving an intermittently used unit, and a bearing in the frame; of a unit having an extended boss slidable in the bearing and supported thereby, a driven shaft .within the unit, a pinion on said shaft movable with the unit to mesh with said driving gear, means having engagement with the frame for preventing sliding movement of the unit in the bearing, said means REFERENCES YCITED y The following references are of record in the file of this patent: Y

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,460,431 Muller July 3, 1923 1,482,312 Mason Jan. 29, '1924 2,520,005 Henry Aug. 22, 1950 2,526,964

Muller Oct. 24, 1950 

